UNDP projects Lebanon’s economy could shrink 9.2 pc in 2024 if hostilities continue
United Nations, Oct 24 (IANS) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has estimated that Lebanon’s economy could shrink as much as 9.2 per cent in 2024 if the escalating hostilities continue through the end of the year. The scale of the military engagement, the geopolitical context, the humanitarian impact, and the economic fallout in 2024 […]
Delhi BJP President slams AAP govt over rising air pollution, toxic foam in Yamuna river
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday slammed former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the ruling AAP dispensation over increasing air pollution in the city. Delhi’s air quality continues to be in ‘very poor’ category for past couple of days. On Thursday morning, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was hovering […]
Cyclone Dana likely to bring rain, strong winds to 19 Bihar districts
Patna, Oct 24 (IANS) Cyclone Dana, which is expected to hit the Odisha coast on Thursday, will have a partial impact on the weather of Bihar as well, said the weather department here. Cyclone Dana is intensifying and moving toward Odisha, where it is expected to make landfall in the night till the morning of […]
BJP releases list for UP bypolls, fields Anujesh Yadav from Karhal against SP’s Tej Pratap
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released a list of candidates for Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (UP) bypolls. The party has named Karilal Nanoma from Rajasthan’s Chaurasi seat (ST). The BJP has already released names of candidates for all seven constituencies going for bye-elections in Rajasthan. For UP, the […]
MP bypolls: Cong’s Budhni candidate, BJP’s Vijaypur nominee to file nominations today
Bhopal, Oct 24 (IANS) Congress candidate from Budhni Rajkumar Patel and BJP’s nominee from Vijaypur Ramniwas Rawat will file their nomination papers for the Assembly bypolls on Thursday. On Friday, the BJP candidate from Budhni and the Congress nominee from Vijaypur will file nominations. The Congress will hold a roadshow later in the day to […]
Protest in Rameswaram against arrest of 16 Tamil fishers by Lankan Navy
Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) Fishermen and their families in Rameswaram are protesting against the arrest of 16 Tamil fishers from the area by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday night. More than 200 people are squatting on the Rameswaram main road since Thursday morning and shouting slogans against the arrest of the fishermen by the […]
BRS demands reinstatement of suspended Agriculture Extension Officers
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Thursday demanded the reinstatement of 160 Agriculture Extension Officers (AEOs) suspended by the Telangana government. The former minister slammed the Congress government for suspending the AEOs and termed the action “atrocious.” Rama Rao took to ‘X’ to condemn the suspension […]
Wayanad is not ready to accept Priyanka Gandhi, says BJP candidate Navya Haridas
Wayanad, Oct 24 (IANS) Navya Haridas, the BJP candidate from Wayanad, on Thursday, expressed confidence in winning the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll, asserting that the people of the constituency are “not ready to accept” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as their representative. Navya Haridas (39), BJP parliamentary party leader and a two-time councillor in Kozhikode […]
RG Kar scam: Academic credentials of Sandip Ghosh confidant doctors under CBI scanner
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) The academic credentials of certain junior doctors of R.G. Kar Medical College, who had been accused of unleashing “threat culture” within the hospital premises and were known to be close confidants of the former and controversial principal, Sandip Ghosh, are currently under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
MahaYuti allies hope to seal seat-sharing deal today after HM Shah’s meeting
Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) The MahaYuti partners comprising BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP hope to arrive at an understanding on the occasion of auspicious Gurupushyamrut Yog on Thursday after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. MahaYuti sources said there are about 30 seats where the three allies have yet to arrive at a […]
